Monday, March 25, 2013

Never Doubting the Path Leads Somewhere

Being troubled is a common human
state. And doubting the path we are on, or at least the path we have found
ourselves on, is so natural and normal. We really do not trust God as much as
we are told we should. Then finally the truth bares itself: we are eventually
led to a good place as we continually repel the desire to turn back because of
our doubting.

Our thinking is a
forwards-backwards land of operations in the cognitive realm.

Doubting becomes us, and generally
at the least helpful at times. But doubting has a role in testing the tenacity
of our willingness to go on; to continue on the path we feel we must choose to
follow. Perhaps God inflects our doubting in such a way as to force us to
reconsider our underpinning motives.

Doubting is reason enough to
review what we are about. Are we serious?

In this way, we can see the
valuable role that doubting plays. It’s as if God was saying, “Are you
really serious about this, and, if so, how serious are you?”

There is almost a sense of compulsion
that should lead us to recommit to the journey God has placed us on. On this
very track that is our destiny, God gives us ample opportunity to choose for it
or not. It’s our life and God wants us to own it. God gives us plenty of
opportunity to choose for it, to plan past regret, and to right the wrongs we
make of it. Glory to God that we are given millions of opportunities to turn
back.

The truth is the path leads
somewhere; not just anywhere, but somewhere.

And faith it is that leads us to
that place.

Burning with Purpose and Intention

Like the launch of a space
shuttle—a series of projects and operations so intricately planned—we are on
the countdown of our lives. When we see life as a journey toward a
destination—to reach somewhere—we have purpose about us and the intention is
focused. As the engines propelling us on our way rev up, they push us through
the doubting, as if doubting were a sound barrier, as we continually monitor
the status of our ship on every step of the journey.

Life is a journey and we gather
purpose by the intention to travel.

There is no purpose in not
travelling. But when we are committed to travelling, even on the bumpiest of
rides, when doubting is stricken with threat, we have enough intention to blast
through the doubting.

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We are on the very journeys of our lives. We ought to never
doubt our lives are leading somewhere good. As we push past our doubting in
faith we go on in our journey toward the blessing that God has destined for us.
God bids us: “Keep going!”